Don't take these articles too seriously. There are a lot of reasons people consider someone a troublemaker. It's more about your 1:1 connection to other people than what category of person you are.
Yeah, in general, it's good practice to not take any article on HN seriously. Assume that the article's author and every commenter may not be experts at the thing(s) they're claiming to be. Especially when there's social aspects involved.